Horton and Bryan Family History

Emily Stamper was born in Kentucky on 2 January1826 to Joel Stamper II (1781-1851) and Mary Polly Deaton (1785-1850), natives of Wilkes County, North Carolina who had moved to Kentucky prior to 1819. They were among the first families of British descent to settle in the region. Their farm was in what then was Estill County. With the creation of Owsley County in 1843 and Lee County in 1870, the family lived in three different Kentucky counties without moving. Emily was the second youngest of the family’s 13 children. At age 16, she became the wife of James Henry Cockerham. They had nine known children. Emily died on 5 November 1900 and James on 6 August 1904.